FlexNet Connect enables application producers to gain insights into what your installed base is using and values in your products. This will help you make smarter product decisions and create up-sell and cross-sell campaigns. FlexNet Connect also delivers software updates and patches, data and marketing messages, such as reminders for expiring maintenance, directly to your end-users' systems. The users of your software products expect to stay connected to you after initial installation, easy access to your latest software updates, and to be notified of important announcements. With FlexNet Connect, you have the power to keep your users updated and informed – regardless of which operating system they use. This electronic software update solution also provides information on how customers are using your software, which is invaluable to strategic product development and marketing. FlexNet Connect is a key component of the FlexNet Producer Suite, and is offered as an on-demand hosted service (SaaS) or as an on-premises solution, and has a distribution of over 100 million end-points.